25 October 2018

Opportunities: CFPs for Special Issues of Open Access Journals

Have you ever published in an open access journal before? Maybe you haven't because you were concerned about the article processing charges (APCs) that are often associated with publishing "gold OA." If yes, then keep reading!

The following opportunities for publication in open access journals will incur no direct charge to authors. Moreover, they are all peer-reviewed. The Journal of Internal Displacement and Refugee Review are not currently listed in the DOAJ, but Laws and Social Sciences are. The Journal of Humanitarian Affairs is new and has not yet published an issue.

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs [info]
- Submissions are being accepted for this new open access journal; check the web site to see which CFPs are currently live.

"Emerging Issues in Forced Migration – Perspectives from Research and Practice" Special issue of Refugee Review [info]
- "Scholars and practitioners worldwide are grappling with key questions related to research and practice, particularly concerning ethics, representation, and impact. The next issue of the Refugee Review intends to explore and expand these issues by focusing on four areas in forced migration: new dissemination practices and public engagement, bridging research to policy and practice, methodological challenges and innovations, and supporting emerging scholars and practitioners." Submit abstracts by 31 October 2018.

"Getting to 2030: The Future of Internal Displacement and Sustainable Development," Special issue of the Journal of Internal Displacement [info]
-  A collaboration with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) "to build on the outcomes from [this recent conference], as well as inviting additional contributions that explore how internal displacement concerns fit into national and global sustainable development efforts and the UN prevention agenda." Submit abstracts by 8 November 2018.

"Integration and Resettlement of Refugees and Forced Migrants," Special issue of Social Sciences [info]
- "In this Special Issue, we invite papers—particularly by refugees or local citizens living in migrant-hosting towns—that explore urban integration. In your experience, how have refugees and citizens interacted in your town? What has been the role of town officials and politicians in enabling or obstructing integration? What has been the social, economic, and cultural impact of migration on the town, and how have locals responded?" An initiative of the Refugees in Towns project. Submission deadline is 15 April 2019.

"Regional Human Rights Regimes and the Protection of Migrants’ Rights," Special issue of Laws [info]
- "We invite submissions that investigate regional standards for the protection of migrants’ human rights from a range of perspectives. Submissions may, for example, focus on a particular regional human rights regime, adopt a comparative approach, examine specific human right(s), or/and consider a particular group of migrants." Submission deadline is 30 April 2019.

"Refugees and International Law: The Challenge of Protection," Special issue of Laws [info]
- "This Special Issue will complement the existing ever growing academic literature on refugees by focussing specifically on how international law, in general, can strengthen the protection of the world’s most vulnerable people, refugees. The Special Issue will be focussed primarily on international refugee law, but, it will also encompass how international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and, international criminal law can enhance refugee protection globally." Submission deadline is 31 May 2019.

"Immigration and Refugee Integration Policy in the United States," Special issue of Social Sciences [info]
- "The goal of the editors for this special edition is to help bring a sense of scholarly clarity to bear" on U.S. immigration and refugee policy at a time when it is "sorely maligned and misunderstood." Submission deadline is 1 June 2019.

"Immigration Politics in the Age of Trump," Special issue of Social Sciences [info]
- "The goal of this Special Issue is to pause and carefully analyze the larger significance of [current immigration] policies and delve deeper into the social impact of these changes on immigrant communities." Submission deadline is 3 June 2019.

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